“Broccoli” [ft. Lil Yachty]

For D.R.A.M. and Lil Yachty to collaborate makes complete sense. Both rappers have enjoyed success due to songs—“Cha Cha” and “1Night,” respectively—that caught on almost out of nowhere. For Virginia’s D.R.A.M., “Cha Cha” has been a source of fun and controversy: Beyoncé loves it, and maybe Drake stole it for his own radio hit, “Hotline Bling.” Yachty, from Atlanta, is a little tougher to explain. His deadpan vocals aren’t especially groundbreaking, yet “1Night” has amassed almost 20 million plays on Soundcloud. A more recent cut, “Minnesota,” has more than 1.6 million plays.

So maybe D.R.A.M. and Yachty are feeling themselves on “Broccoli,” and who could blame them? “I just hit Rodeo and I spent like 10 Gs,” Yachty proclaims in a melodic flow. “I just did a show and spent the check on my momma.” The instrumental itself is light and carefree, a bass-heavy trap beat with a chirpy piano loop. For the song’s second half, D.R.A.M. comes through with his usually energetic rhymes, proclaiming his territory while giving the track even more punch. In case you forgot, he’s beyond all that fuck shit: “I was 26 years old when we dropped this one amazing record/ Had the world steppin’, that’s what I call epic.” Now D.R.A.M.’s eating salmon on a bagel with capers on a square plate, “At the restaurant wit the ‘why you gotta stare’ face/ They know I either ball or record over the snare bass.” The man's a chameleon. There’s no telling what he’ll be on next.